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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Readers reply: where in the world do people call their partner ‘Baby’?

Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing
A famous Baby … Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing. Photograph: Vestron Pictures/Allstar

It’s in almost every pop song, but I have never heard anyone call the person dearest to them “Baby”. That said, I don’t live in Britain or the US. My father sometimes called my mother “Darling” and I have often heard “My dear” or just “Dear”. Jean Drummond-Young, Winterthur, Switzerland

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